Victoria Jacobsen

6 days ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

The Bishop Dwenger girls track team ended Northrop's SAC Championship streak by the narrowest of margins Thursday night at North Side's Chambers Field, winning the team title with 163 points to the Bruins' 162.5.The Bruins boys stretched their conference title streak to 10, finishing with 122 points to beat Snider's 101, and Concordia distance runner Mallory Weller shattered two decades-old records in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs.

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

Heritage scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth to sneak by Bellmont 3-2 in the first of two high school games at Parkview Field on Wednesday. In the nightcap, Columbia City's Carter Wilkinson struck out 16 batters in a complete-game effort as the Eagles shut out Garrett 2-0. "Bellmont's a big neighborhood rivalry, we're only 15 minutes apart, and we spent decades being Little Brother to Big Brother," Heritage coach Dean Lehrman said.

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

NEW HAVEN – The Homestead and New Haven volleyball teams were tied at 17-all in the third set Tuesday, but the Spartans won the final eight points to close out a three-set victory, 25-21, 25-15, 25-17. The Spartans (23-2) have now won 18 matches in a row. "That's always the goal, we want it to be as fast as possible. We try to get points as quick as possible," Homestead coach Jacob Allred said. "I've really be pushing them lately, let's focus on this point right here.

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

The IHSAA Board of Directors officially approved a change to the association's transfer rules on Monday. Starting June 1, students who transfer from one IHSAA school to another for the first time during the first six semesters of high school will maintain full athletic eligibility, regardless of their motivations for changing schools. Students who have already transferred and wish to do so again or are transferring from non-IHSAA schools will have to follow the policies already in place.

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

The IHSAA released postseason draws for the softball and baseball state tournaments on Sunday, as well as the sectional draws for the first IHSAA-sanctioned boys volleyball state tournament. In past years, boys volleyball was a club sport with a state tournament organized by the coaches’ association, but in the first year as a fully-fledged IHSAA sport 133 teams from around the state will compete in 16 sectionals from May 13-17.